Strategic Sourcing Operations Lead

AXIS•Alpharetta, GA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Strategic Sourcing Operations Lead supports effective procurement decision-making by providing analysis, sourcing coordination, supplier research, contract administration, and stakeholder support across assigned spend categories. The role helps AXIS improve savings visibility, contract discipline, supplier performance, and procurement governance while building future capability within the Strategic Sourcing & Procurement function.

Requirements

Possess a bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Economics, Data Analytics, Operations, or a related field, or demonstrate equivalent relevant experience.
Demonstrate experience supporting procurement, sourcing, supplier management, contract administration, finance, consulting, operations, data analytics, or a related business support function.
Able to analyze data, prepare reports, identify trends, and translate findings into practical business insights and recommendations.
Able to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, records, and stakeholder requests with accuracy and consistent follow-through.
Demonstrate experience working with contracts, suppliers, purchasing processes, business stakeholders, or highly transactional operational work.
Able to communicate clearly with internal stakeholders and suppliers, including summarizing information, documenting requirements, and preparing concise materials for review.
Able to work independently on routine and lower-risk matters while recognizing when to escalate complex commercial, contractual, supplier, or risk-related issues.
Demonstrate a service-oriented, collaborative, curious, and proactive approach to supporting stakeholders and building procurement capability.
Possess working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including the ability to organize, compare, and analyze data; experience with pivot tables, lookup formulas, or dashboards is preferred.

Nice To Haves

Experience with procurement, sourcing, contract lifecycle, spend analytics, reporting, or supplier management platforms is preferred.

Responsibilities

Supporting Category Managers with category plans, sourcing pipelines, savings trackers, supplier documentation, and leadership-ready updates.
Coordinating sourcing activities by managing documentation, supplier communications, timelines, bid analysis, stakeholder meetings, and recommendation materials.
Analyzing spend, supplier, contract, and pricing information to identify savings, consolidation, risk reduction, and process improvement opportunities.
Managing contract administration activities by tracking renewals, expiration dates, notice periods, pricing obligations, service commitments, and key contractual requirements.
Preparing contract summaries, renewal options, supplier comparison materials, total cost summaries, dashboards, reports, and other decision-support materials.
Conducting supplier research and market scans to identify potential vendors, alternative supply options, emerging providers, market trends, and supplier risks.
Supporting supplier onboarding, due diligence, performance tracking, issue follow-up, supplier business reviews, and compliance documentation.
Serving as a day-to-day procurement operations contact for assigned internal stakeholders and helping them navigate sourcing, contracting, onboarding, and procurement processes.
Maintaining accurate procurement records, templates, process documentation, trackers, systems data, and audit-ready supporting materials.
Escalating complex commercial, contractual, supplier performance, governance, or risk-related matters to Category Managers or senior procurement professionals when appropriate.
Performing other reasonable duties, as required, to support the needs of the business.